Fianchetto definition
The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file.
noun
To develop as or set up a fianchetto.
verb
(chess) To move (a bishop) from its initial position diagonally into the adjacent knight's file.
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
fianchetto
Plural:
fianchettiOrigin of fianchetto
- Italian diminutive of fianco flank from Old Italian from Old French flanc flank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Italian, a diminutive of fianca ‘flank’.
From Wiktionary